2021 Domaines Ott "Clos Mireille" Blanc, Côtes de Provence, France
ABOUT THIS WINE
Clos Mireille is the second estate acquired by the Ott family in 1936. The parcels are leveled into espaliers to enable even tilling and planting. The vines are pruned and trained using the double cordon method. The grapes are all picked by hand and go through a stringent selective grape sorting followed by an extremely delicate pressing in pneumatic presses. Slow alcoholic and malolactic fermentation is followed by 4-6 months aging in large oak casks with regular stirring of the lees. Bottling is done the following spring and then the wine is stored in the cellars for eight to twelve months.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
In 1896, after a tour of France’s many vineyards, Marcel Ott, a young graduate in agronomy engineering from Alsace, finally found an estate that inspired him. To set the scene, we are in Provence. The Mediterranean is lapping at the shore a mere stone’s throw away...
In these parts, growing vines is the legacy of ancient times. Alas, a short while before Marcel Ott’s discovery, phylloxera had wreaked havoc on the vines. The land was cheaper, but the vineyards would have to be replanted. The wine had lost a great deal of its soul in the vineyard’s reconstruction. Marcel Ott bought several estates and began renovating them with the determined ambition to create great Provençal wines from noble grape varieties.
Almost 130 years later, the story continues with Jean-François Ott, representing the 4th generation at the helm of Domaines Ott.
In 2004, Domaines Ott joined the Roederer Collection and its fabulous selection of estates.